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Lambic experts to speak at Ebenezer's Belgian Beer fest August 23 9 Aug 2013 | 03:02 am
(Photo, above: Gert Christiaens, Oud Beersel) Gert Christiaens doesn't get away from his Oud Beersel lambic blendery very often. The demand for his excellent lambic, Oude Geuze, Oude Kriek, and oth....
Four Fabulous Cafes in the Payottenland-Celebrator Beer News 1 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
Well, looooong time no post here. Moving for the first time in five years, and writing content for a new website will do that to you. New website, you say? Yep. More on that later this summer. Meanw...
Dry-hopped Girardin Oude Lambik to debut at Zythos Beer Fest this weekend 25 Apr 2013 | 02:54 pm
ZBF, Belgium´s biggest beer festival, begins in two days. There are lots of special brews that will be offered, such as the unblended version of Liefmans Kriek. There will also be 200 liters of Gira...
Leuven's "Extra Muros" event, ZBF weekend, April 26-28. 15 Apr 2013 | 01:30 am
(M Cafe, a great new bar in Leuven.) Well, it's less than 2 weeks now to the second time the Zythos Bier Festival (ZBF) will be held in Leuven, Belgium. (Part of the beer board at M Cafe.) Leuven h...
Late 1940's-1950's St-Sixtus Abdij Westvleteren bottle 16 Mar 2013 | 07:14 am
This Sint-Sixtus Abdij/Westvleteren bottle likely dates to the late 1940's or early 1950's, and is one of the few I have seen from Westvleteren with a label. I have heard different stories behind the...
3 Fonteinen's new brewery set to be christened 9 Mar 2013 | 06:58 pm
3 Fonteinen has a new brewery, and it will soon be officially christened. I can't give details, but watch this space for news. Check out the brewery's new logo, above. Disregard the leafs at the top,...
Biercentrum Delvaux and Brouwerij de Kroon 8 Mar 2013 | 05:28 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE (Photo, above: from left, Dr. Filip Delvaux, Dr. Freddy Delvaux, and Peter Delvaux, inside the new but still under construction brewhouse, at Brou...
1963 Abdy Westvleteren bottle 6 Mar 2013 | 09:25 am
It's a shame this 1963 Abdy Westvleteren bottle is empty. Perhaps this one contained the mighty 12, or Abt as it was known in those days. Must have been a good one. Or a great one. Beautiful bottle t...
Belgian Babble column in Ale Street News February 2013 6 Mar 2013 | 09:05 am
I'm a little late posting this, but as it is still the current issue, I'll tell you that I have a 1,000+ word piece on several Belgian subjects in the February/March issue of Ale Street News. and you...
Belgian Spring Beer Fests article in BUZE Magazine 11 Feb 2013 | 05:59 am
I'm happy to say that I have a nearly 1,000 word piece on three of Belgium's best spring beer festivals in the second issue of BUZE Magazine. BUZE is a digital magazine targeted at tablets like iPads...
